ok, so i was in the car today with a friend of mine who is also European and we was having a good old chin wag bout the American language.
Now this post is not intended to piss people off etc, infact i'm sure you'll find it fun.
Here is what we came up with in the car which we was laughing our tits off at, words and phrases used allot:
Zuuup Duuude Totally That's rad man Awesome Hell yeah My bad That's the shit there Zup mama (one which i found funny was in a birthday card i sent to England, and it said "Have a super day")
there was loads more, but can't remember them.. its funny cos whenever i'm on set, either the talent or the crew put on their English voice, or take the piss and its funny to see them try... so now if you all can, give me a list on what you think the Europeans say allot.. Here's one, Prague area... "oh yaaar feels sooo good yar, i'm gonna cum, nor, yar... feels good". to be honest cant think of any English ones to use, so do help me out here... lol
oh, yes, quite. would you like a cup of tea? oh, dear. my stars! golly gosh. take a brolly. bloody hell.
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the unknown pervert Deactivated User
I'd like to stay but I've got a plane to catch. 3243 Posts 5/06
Posted - Aug 31 2006 : 7:36PM
It's not language but it qualifies someway under cultural differences. I was both amused and confused a few years back when a busload of French tourists stopped to take pictures of my Kansas license plate in Capital Reef National Park.
Here's one: I wouldn't throw HER out of bed for eating crackers!
This actually got me in trouble back in the '80s...was watching TV with the GF and Sheena Easton came on. I said that phrase...and then she asks me..."would you throw ME out of bed for eating crackers?" and I said "What kind of crackers?".
That was a chilly night right there, I tell you what.
There was a British tv soap opera called 'Crossroads' that ran in the seventies and eighties. One of the most popular and enduring characters was Benny Hawkins a dim-witted handyman. From him "benny" became perjorative slang for anyone perceived as being a little simple-minded. After the Falklands War, British troops stationed on the islands took to calling the locals "bennys". The authorities issued an order against this, so the soldiers took to refering to the locals as "stills" instead. Why? Because they were "still bennys".
giraffe?.... WHOA dude, dont know what u been watching.. but whoa.. ok... i've never heard anyone say that... hehehehe funny tho
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john thomas Deactivated User
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Posted - Sep 15 2006 : 6:30AM
I recently learnt that the French refer to the English as les fuckoffs ! So perhaps we do have a special claim on that universal expression, through sheer frequency of use I suppose.
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Eric381 Deactivated User
What are you looking at? It 2452 Posts 3/05
Posted - Sep 15 2006 : 3:21PM
See, you skipped over the entire east coast!! You've been in LA far too long, lol.
You're missing out on the infamous New England (noahped perhaps can testify to this), "Wicked" and "Whoa", terms to this day often slip out of my trap in excitement.
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Eric381 Deactivated User
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Posted - Sep 15 2006 : 3:32PM
Umm, yeah..."fuck off", lol.
Actually, funny that you mention this as "English", because Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols was known for saying this (amongst other explatives), lol.
A short lesson in British history: Robert Cecil, Lord Salisbury was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom thrice (1885-6, 1886-92, 1895-1902), the last member of the House of Lords to hold that office. He was an enthusiastic nepotist, appointing several of his relatives to offices of state, among them his young nephew Arthur Balfour, considered at the time a political dilettante (though he went on to succeed Salisbury as PM). This appointment gave rise to the phrase "Bob your uncle" meaning roughly "you've got it made". Today it is usually used at the end of a list of instructions (particularly a short list) to mean something like "and that's all there is to it"
Some say 'Make love, not war'.....I say you can do both, if you budget your time 578 Posts 9/04
Posted - Dec 19 2006 : 9:19PM
I get outed as a geek all the time. Raised on BBC television (shown on PBS stations here in the States, and A & E) I grew up with lots of Brit humor, movies, documentaries, etc...
I regularly say "Oh, bloody hell!" when I get pissed.
OR I'll call somebody "Fuckwit".
OR I'll say "Bugger off, you stupid sod!"
OR "You ignorant git"
OR instead saying 'get naked' or 'get undressed', I'll say 'drop kit'.